Edinburgh fail to help Scottish rivals

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Lewis Stuart

Last updated at 12:01AM, May 5 2014

It was always the longest of long shots that Edinburgh could beat Munster to send Glasgow Warriors into the final weekend of the league with the luxury of knowing they had already qualified for a home tie in the RaboDirect PRO12 semi-finals.

Inevitably, the faint hope lasted less than half an hour, leaving the men from the west back where they had always expected to be, with their fate in their own hands when they play Zebre in the final round on Saturday.

For Gregor Townsend, the Glasgow head coach, the game this coming weekend is one he has been